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It only takes four hours and a quarter now to get from London to Manchester; but I should not think any one would if they could help it.

A dreadful warning.&mdash;A wicked boy told me a very instructive thing about ginger. They had opened one of the large jars, and he happened to take out quite a lot, and he made it all right by dropping marbles in, till there was as much ginger as before. But he told me that on the Sunday, when it was coming near the part where there is only juice generally, I had no idea what his feelings were. I don't see what he could have said when they asked him. I should be sorry to act like it.

Experiments should always be made out of doors. And don't use benzoline.&mdash;.

(That was when he burnt his eyebrows off.&mdash;.)

The earth is 2,400 miles round, and 800 through&mdash;at least I think so, but perhaps it's the other way.&mdash;.